Me, me, me

bird #1

I’ve been tagged by Stephanie of the very elegant Elegant Sufficiency for a meme – 7 Random Facts. It’s my first, so let’s see what little nuggets of information I can give you…

1. My hair colour has changed dramatically over the years – I’ve been dyeing it since I was fourteen. It’s been fire-engine red; a deep but bright hot pink (my favourite); black; bleached to a startling white and streaked with blue. Last year I finally stopped. Now it’s grey.

2. I do a mean impression of the Mother Superior from the Sound of Music. My ‘Climb Every Mountain’ is legendary and full of nun-like warbles and crescendos.

3. Though I love music, complete silence is often better.

4. I once asked art critic Robert Hughes at a National Art School opening night if he’d like, ‘a shitty plastic tumbler of delightfully crappy cheap plonk?’ before I knew it was him. Luckily it was before he lost his sense of humor - he laughed heartily and asked for another.

5. I’m obsessed with birds, crows in particular. Drawing them, collecting them, dreaming about them. The bigger and blacker they are, the more I love them. My heart leaps when I hear the magpies calling out to one another. Here’s a couple of big charcoal drawings from a year or two ago - one at the top, another below.

bird #3

6. Though Sydney born and bred, I love Melbourne. I couldn’t ever go back. Sorry mum…

7. I catch myself talking to the dog. A lot.

I'm trying to sleep. Bugger off.

By the way, you should read Stephanie’s mammoth 100^th post – she’s running a competition to celebrate with a wonderful prize, though you only have until the 20^th of May to enter. Better get cracking.

Now I tag Susan, Johanna and Truffle.